Proceedings of the Executive Committee Meeting of the Faculty Association
held on 21/02/2000.

Present:
Dr. M. Krishna Kumar	Returning Officer
Dr. N. Y. Vasantacharya	Returning Officer
Prof. A. Surolia	President
Prof. S. Manohar	Vice President
Dr. T. A. Abinandanan	General Secretary
Dr. V. Kumaran		Joint Secretary
Mr. T. Shankar		Treasurer
Prof. D. Sen
Dr. B. Ananthanarayan
Mr. A. Suyambu
Mr. M. Adinarayana Murthy
Dr. P. Balachandra
Dr. V. Prasad
Ms. P. G. Vathsala
Dr. C. Rajanna

The meeting was chaired by the Returning Officers, Dr. Krishna Kumar
and Dr. Vasantacharya. The Returning Officers read out the names
of the executive committee members who could vote in the elections for
the new office bearers. They then opened the floor for nominations.

1. Dr. Swami Manohar was nominated for President by Dr. Ananthanarayanan,
and seconded by Prof. Surolia. He accepted the nomination.

Since there were no other nominations, Prof. Manohar was declared electedi
to the post of President.

2. Prof. D. Sen was nominated for Vice President by Prof. Surolia,
and seconded by Dr. Ananthanarayanan. He accepted the nomination.

Since there were no other nominations, Prof. D. Sen was declared elected
to the post of Vice President.

3. Dr. Kumaran was nominated for General Secretary by Prof. Manohar,
and seconded by Prof. Surolia. He accepted the nomination.

Mr. Adinarayana Murthy was nominated for General Secretary by Dr. Prasad,
and seconded by Mr. Saqqauf. He declined the nomination.

Since there were no other nominations, Dr. Kumaran was declared elected
to the post of General Secretary.

4. Ms. Vathsala was nominated for the post of Joint Secretary by Dr. Prasad,
and seconded by Dr. Balachandra. She accepted the nomination.

Since there were no other nominations, Ms. Vathsala was declared elected
to the post of Joint Secretary.

5. Mr. Adinarayana Murthy was nominated for the post of Treasurer by
Dr. Manohar, and seconded by Mr. Suyambu.

Since there were no other nominations, Mr. Adinarayana Murthy was
declared elected to the post of Treasurer.

The returning officers declared the names of the elected office bearers.

The new President Dr. Manohar thanked the Returning Officers for their
efforts, and he thanked the past office bearers for their efforts on
behalf of the Faculty Association. He thanked Mr. Shankar and Mr.
Adinarayana Murthy for getting the keys for the FA office.
He said that the Faculty Association would be used for
facilitating communication between the faculty and the administration
for realising faculty aspirations.

The outgoing President, Prof. Surolia, thanked the past office bearers
for their efforts, and communicated his best wishes to the future
office bearers.

The past treasurer, Mr. Shankar, said that it was difficult to keep
track of the annual memberships, so every effort should be made
to motivate all members to become life members. He also said the 
office bearers should tap sponsorship so that the resource of the
faculty association are conserved. Future communication should be
via the internet so that there is no money spend on photocopying 
and distribution. 

Suggestions that emerged from the floor included

1. The office bearers could locate one faculty member from each
department who would take the responsibility of collecting membership
fees from all department faculty.

2. The annual membership could be increased so that it becomes 
more attractive for all members to become life members.

A resolution was passed making the annual membership Rs. 80/- from
this year onwards.

A decision was also taken to appoint nominees to the institute
committees.